Emily Dickinson’s I felt a Funeral In my Brain is quite fascinating. Depending on one’s state of their own mind and well-being, I do believe that no two readers will connect every time this passage is read. While I cannot speak for any other reader I can speak for myself.
The first time I read this passage I thought, WOW… I was speechless. Here is what I originally wrote for my week two assignment take on this. “I felt a funeral in my brain” Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) page 1047. What I learned was that the funeral in her brain was a reference to thoughts dying. I felt connected to this piece specifically to having so much going on and trying to separate and release the unnecessary thoughts. [4-…Mourners kept treading…sense was breaking through] at the end it all worked out and the thought that was supposed to come out and materialized [20- “And hit a world…And finished knowing – then –“] (Vigeant wk2) I have changed my point of view quite dramatically. When I first read this I was in a dark place filled with depression and loss for my own self-identity.
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Here is one I found interesting. This College professor explains her version as one of spiritual transformation. I saw this on YouTube Dec 8, 2013 - Uploaded by SixMinuteScholar a college prof explains Emily Dickinson 's poem Part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6B6nCnpc0U. Here is another take on this from a student who interprets this as ‘death’. "An Analysis of Emily Dickinson 's I Felt a Funeral in My Brain." 123HelpMe.com. 11 Oct 2015 . I understand where some of the interpretations come from. After all she was at home for a long time and some called her a mad spinster (p.1037 Norton Anthology). The idea of self or spiritual transformation is viable. I personally did not see, hear or feel that when I read it. That does not mean it’s not a just description. It’s a mere
The first time I read this passage I thought, WOW… I was speechless. Here is what I originally wrote for my week two assignment take on this. “I felt a funeral in my brain” Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) page 1047. What I learned was that the funeral in her brain was a reference to thoughts dying. I felt connected to this piece specifically to having so much going on and trying to separate and release the unnecessary thoughts. [4-…Mourners kept treading…sense was breaking through] at the end it all worked out and the thought that was supposed to come out and materialized [20- “And hit a world…And finished knowing – then –“] (Vigeant wk2) I have changed my point of view quite dramatically. When I first read this I was in a dark place filled with depression and loss for my own self-identity.
I find myself in a different and solitude place of thinking less morbidly …show more content…
Here is one I found interesting. This College professor explains her version as one of spiritual transformation. I saw this on YouTube Dec 8, 2013 - Uploaded by SixMinuteScholar a college prof explains Emily Dickinson 's poem Part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6B6nCnpc0U. Here is another take on this from a student who interprets this as ‘death’. "An Analysis of Emily Dickinson 's I Felt a Funeral in My Brain." 123HelpMe.com. 11 Oct 2015 . I understand where some of the interpretations come from. After all she was at home for a long time and some called her a mad spinster (p.1037 Norton Anthology). The idea of self or spiritual transformation is viable. I personally did not see, hear or feel that when I read it. That does not mean it’s not a just description. It’s a mere